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The treatment of hepatic encephalopathy

, 2007
Current recommendations for the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy are based, to a large extent, on open or uncontrolled trials, undertaken in very small numbers of patients.
M. Y. Morgan, R. Jalan, G. Marchesini, Karin Weissenborn, G. Kircheis, RIGGIO, Oliviero, MARCHESINI REGGIANI, GIULIO, A. Blei, K. Weissenborn, W. Fleig, K. Grungreiff, Marsha Y. Morgan, O. Riggio   +12 more
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Novel Insights Into Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Strategies of Hepatic Encephalopathy, From the Gut Microbiota Perspective

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Since the 1950s, gradual changes in the gut microbiota of patients with hepatic encephalopathy have been observed. Previous research has indicated potential associations between the gut and brain, and the gut microbiota is becoming a hot topic in ...
Jiachen Liu, Yantao Xu, Bimei Jiang
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Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy

, 2021
Preregistration of the protocol for a scoping review investigating neuroimaging biomarkers of minimal hepatic ...
Hannah Windmill, Sandra Olmesdahl
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Nutrition and Hepatic Encephalopathy

, 2012
This Chapter evaluates the correlation between malnutrition and hepatic encephalopathy in liver ...
MERLI, Manuela, RIGGIO, Oliviero, Michela Giusto, Manuela Merli, GIUSTO, MICHELA, Oliviero Riggio   +5 more
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Performance of albumin-bilirubin score in prediction of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding

Egyptian Liver Journal, 2021
Background Hepatic encephalopathy exacerbates the morbidity, delays hospital discharge, and increases the rate of readmissions of cirrhotic patients, particularly those are admitted by acute variceal bleeding.
Rehab Elsayed Elsafty, Abdallah Ahmed Elsawy, Ahmed Fawzy Selim, Atef Mohamed Taha   +3 more
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Pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy [PDF]

Metabolic Brain Disease, 1987
METABOLIC ALTERATIONS IN HEPATIC FAILURE A multitude of changes in metabolic processes occurs with hepatic failure. It is therefore particularly important to distinguish between correlations and causes when considering the pathogenesis of hepatic coma. The etiology appears to be multifactorial. First, to be considered a causative factor, an abnormality
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Cerebral Phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with chronic hepatic encephalopathy

, 1994
Cerebral phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy was undertaken in 33 patients with biopsyproven cirrhosis: 6 had no evidence of neuropsychiatric impairment on standard clinical, psychometric and electrophysiological testing; 8 had evidence of ...
Sargentoni, J., Taylor-Robinson, S.D., Bryant, D.J., Coutts, G.A., Bell, J.D., Mallalieu, R.J., Morgan, M.Y.   +6 more
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Concise review of current concepts on nomenclature and pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy

Medicina, 2014
Hepatic encephalopathy is a neuropsychiatric complication of liver cirrhosis the symptoms of which may vary from imperceptible to severe, invaliding, and even lethal.
Ilona Savlan, Valentina Liakina, Jonas Valantinas   +2 more
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Assessment of the Therapeutic Effect of Polyethylene glycol and Lactulose in Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy

Novelty in Biomedicine, 2022
Background: The mechanism of cerebral dysfunction in hepatic encephalopathy is unknown, although ammonia produced by intestinal bacteria is an essential factor.
Majid Iranshahi Iranshahi, Parviz Amri, Mohamad Amri   +2 more
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Incisional hernia as an unusual cause of hepatic encephalopathy in a 62-year-old man with cirrhosis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Hepatic encephalopathy may be initiated by many factors such as gastrointestinal bleeding, infections, fluid and electrolyte disturbances.
Ustaoglu Muge, Bakir Tulay, Bektas Ahmet, Cure Osman, Gungor Bulent   +4 more
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